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sun

Meaning of “sun”

The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.

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160 occurrences152 verses36 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:12

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Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:45 · retained source text

That yee may be the children of your father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to rise on the euill and on the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and on the vniust.

Matthew 13:6
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 13:6 · retained source text

And when the Sunne was vp, they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.

Matthew 13:43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 13:43 · retained source text

Then shall the righteous shine foorth as the Sunne, in the kingdome of their father. Who hath eares to heare, let him heare.

1611 marginal noteDan. 12.3

Matthew 17:2
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 17:2 · retained source text

And was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the Sunne, and his raiment was white as the light.

Matthew 24:29
¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 24:29 · retained source text

¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, shall the Sunne be darkned, and the Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken.

1611 marginal noteMarke 13.24. luke 21.25. esay 13.10. ioel 2.31. ezek. 32.7.

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